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By Kathy Walker, February 16, 2009
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Marker (original location)
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1 ► Virginia, Montgomery County, Blacksburg — I 2-e — Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University —  |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University was founded in 1872 as a land-grant college specializing in agriculture and mechanics. The land-grant college system marked the beginning of scientific agricultural and industrial instruction in . . . — — Map (db m16237) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Montgomery County, Blacksburg — KG-10 — Mary Draper Ingels — |
| On 30 July 1755, during the French and Indian War, Shawnee Indians attacked the Draper's Meadow settlement nearby. They killed Col. James Patton, Casper Berger, Mrs. George Draper, and a Draper child, wounded James Cull, and captured Mary Draper . . . — — Map (db m16205) HM | |||